godsister

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noun

The daughter or goddaughter of one's godparent, or the goddaughter of one's parent.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

noungodsister (plural godsisters)

plural godsisters

  1. The daughter or goddaughter of one's godparent, or the goddaughter of one's parent.

    "Mother, are you going to take her in as your goddaughter? I'm going to have a godsister? "

    2020, Ruan Bao, Deep Affection of You and Me: Volume 1, Funstory, →ISBN
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    Let's go back to the thirteen-year-old girl introduced in Chapter 8 who found out her godsister was her half sister.

    2005, Diane Ehrensaft, Mommies, daddies, donors, surrogates

    Before she met the man who became and remains her pimp, she was selling drugs with her godsister; he was one of their clients.

    2007, Cynthia Cole Robinson, From the classroom to the corner

    What seemed a promising turn in their relationship was dashed when he began introducing her to his friends as his godsister.

    2009 August 23, Katie Zezima, “Leah Squires and Eric Traub”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Middle Englishgodsuster
  2. Englishgodsister

From Middle English godsuster, equivalent to god- + sister.

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APA

godsister. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/godsister

MLA

“godsister.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/godsister. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “godsister,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/godsister.

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